Private and special statutes of the commonwealth of Massachusetts : from the year 1780, to the close of the session of the General Court, begun and held on the last Wednesday in May, A.D. 1805. : With an appendix, containing such statutes, of the above description, passed before the year 1780, as are referred to in acts passed since, and including the temporary acts, made perpetual, March 7, 1797. : In three volumes. : Vol. I[-III].

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Book

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 8866.

Standardized Title:

Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1780-1805 : Private laws)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Massachusetts.

Law.

Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed for the state, by Manning & Loring., 1805.

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

"In determining on the laws to be inserted in this collection, the committee had reference to the edition of general laws, published in the year 1801. Acts which were viewed, by the editors of that work, as not comprehended within their commission, and on that account omitted, have been considered as private and special acts, within the meaning of the resolve, directing the publication of these volumes."--Preface, v. 1, p. [v].

Vol. 1: xiv, [2], 540, [20] p.; v. 2: 537, [21] p.; v. 3: 622, 42, [20] p.

"List of private and special acts omitted in this edition."--v. 1, p. [vii]-xiv.

"Errata."--v. 1, p. [xv].

"Index."--[20] p. at end of each volume.

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